25-21,224. Forcible entry and detainer; failure of defendant to appear; effect.

If the defendant does not appear in response to the summons, and it shall have been properly served, the court shall try the cause as though he were present.

Source:Laws 1929, c. 82, § 123, p. 310; C.S.1929, § 22-1207; R.S.1943, § 26-1,124; Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 74; R.S.1943, (1985), § 24-574.